Doris Johnson

	Doris Johnson
	; Johnson on her 110th birthday in 2021
Birth:	6 November 1911; Turlock, California, USA
Death:	18 May 2023; Turlock, California, USA
Age:	111 years, 193 days
Country:	USA
	Validated

Doris Lucille Johnson (née Wickstrom; formerly Wedin; 6 November 1911 – 18 May 2023) was an American supercentenarian who was among the oldest known living people in the U.S. state of California at the time of her death. Her age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023.

Biography[]

Doris Johnson was born on 6 November 1911 in Turlock, California, USA, to Gunnard Emanuel and Anna Marie (née Johnson) Wickstrom. She was the older of two daughters. Her sister's name was Betty Ann. Gunnard was born in Sweden. She graduated from Turlock High School in 1929 and worked as a nurse.

Johnson married Martin Edward Wedin in 1936. The couple did not have any children. Edward died of cancer in November 1982. She remarried in 1987 to Donald Ernest Johnson, who died of cancer in March 2001.

Later Life and Longevity[]

Longevity runs in Johnson's family: her maternal grandfather Erick Johnson reportedly died at the age of 103, and her mother Anna Marie died in February 1986, just six weeks shy of her 98th birthday. One of her maternal uncles, Ingvald Johnson, reportedly died in November 2001, six months after his 100th birthday.

Johnson attributed her longevity to walking often. At the time of her 110th birthday, it was reported that she still listened to audiobooks.

Johnson died on 18 May 2023 at the Covenant Living of Turlock care home in Turlock, California, USA, at the age of 111 years, 193 days.